Sawsan Dacrory and Hussein Abou-Yousef and Samir Kamel and Ragab E. Abou-Zeid and Mohamed S. Abdel-Aziz and Mohamed Elbadry
Utilization and Characterizations of Olive Oil Industry ByProducts
120 - 128
2016
10
1
International Journal of Chemical and Molecular Engineering
https://publications.waset.org/pdf/10004122
https://publications.waset.org/vol/109
World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology
A considerable amount of lignocellulosic byproduct could be obtained from olive pulp during olive oil extraction industry. The major constituents of the olive pulp are husks and seeds. The separation of each portion of olive pulp (seeds and husks) was carried out by water flotation where seeds were sediment in the bottom. Both seeds and husks were dignified by 15 NaOH followed by complete lignin removal by using sodium chlorite in acidic medium. The isolated holocellulose, αcellulose, hydrogel and CMC of both seeds and husk fractions were characterized by FTIR and SEM. The present study focused on the investigation of the chemical components of the lignocellulosic fraction of olive pulp and using them in medical application. Carboxymethyl cellulose (CMC) is produced and applied in the preparation of antimicrobial hydrogel.
Open Science Index 109, 2016